So, recently I started work on an SCP; a humanoid entity, to be exact. And, given how this one isn't batshit crazy, it includes a little interview. Nothing too special, just something there to help characterize things.

The problem I'm having is that, for some reason I can't make heads or tails of, the formatting is just… wrong. Below I have the interview, sans actual dialouge1, where I hope my confusion will be made clear.

Foreword: [SCP-XXXX has been in Foundation custody for about 4 days at this point. This marks the first real interaction between him and Foundation personnel outside of a combat environment.]

<Begin Log>

Doctor ███████: Dialouge

SCP-XXXX: Dialouge

Doctor ███████: Dialouge

SCP-XXXX: Dialouge

Doctor ███████: Dialouge

SCP-XXXX: Dialouge

Doctor███████: Dialouge

SCP-XXXX: Dialouge

Doctor ███████: Dialouge

SCP-XXXX: Dialouge

<End Log>

Closing Statement: [SCP-XXXX refused to give any answer outside of [Again, secret] for the following 8 minutes of the interview and was eventually taken back to its cell.]

As you can see, the spacing is… Off. Sometimes there's a space between who's talking, sometime it's just a singular blob. And before anyone asks, yes, I do have a '>' in between every line of dialouge, which should space out the text.

And, as you can see, it doesn't do that.

Anybody know what's going on here, or what I could be doing wrong? Is this an issue anyone has dealt with?

Footnotes

1. Because it's not even a rough copy at this point and still in Progress, and I'd like to keep what it is a bit of a secret until it's actually ready for review

yes, I do have a '>' in between every line of dialouge, which should space out the text.

You need a space after the chevron. Otherwise, wikidot doesn't process it as a space.

Edit: For a more straightforward explanation, take a look at the code below.

> This is an example
>
> of spacing
>
> in coding.

will give you

This is an example

of spacing
in coding.

You need to press the spacebar after the chevron for wikidot to register that as a line space. Highlight the coding text to see the space, as compared to the fourth chevron, which is not followed by a space.